The connection between our health, mind and body has received a lot of attention in recent years. What we think, our attitudes and beliefs seem to have an influence over how our body responds and functions. So one might wonder if having the right mental outlook can contribute to your fertility? Can your beliefs and…Continue reading Acupuncture, Fertility and the Fertile Mind
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How to Get Pregnant Fast
For most people, once they decide it’s time to get pregnant they want it to happen fast; like today. Maybe after years of trying to avoid pregnancy and maybe years on birth control pills, it’s finally that time and you want to get pregnant quickly. What do you need to know to make it happen…Continue reading How to Get Pregnant Fast
Why Do Some Women Get Pregnant Easily and Others Don’t?
This is what we all strive to know. Some women have problems with conception for structural reasons like fibroids, uterine polyps, endometriosis, ovarian cysts or scarring of the fallopian tubes from infection. Some of these problems can be taken care of with Chinese Medicine, some may require surgery, others may need the assistance of IVF…Continue reading Why Do Some Women Get Pregnant Easily and Others Don’t?
Diet and Fertility
Can diet affect your fertility? A large group of nurses over many years kept track of their diet and activities in a research project called The Nurses Health Study. Subsequent researches took this information and analyzed it in an attempt to discover what foods contributed to their fertility. They discovered that diet and fertility are…Continue reading Diet and Fertility
Acupuncture for Unexplained Infertility
Can acupuncture help unexplained infertility? The answer is yes, it can help. Let’s look at what it means to have a diagnosis of unexplained infertility. It simply means that your medical doctors don’t have a definite answer as to why you can’t get pregnant. You have been through all the tests and everything is fine,…Continue reading Acupuncture for Unexplained Infertility
How to Get Pregnant Quickly
I want to get pregnant quickly. I have heard women say this often enough. But how to do it? One of the best ways to get pregnant quickly is to know when you are ovulating. You can do this either with an ovulation predictor kit or with a basal body temperature chart (BBT chart) or…Continue reading How to Get Pregnant Quickly
Fertility Acupuncture and IVF
Many fertility clinics are now embracing the use of acupuncture as an adjunct to fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technologies. Why would they do this? Because of the increased success rate of those procedures when acupuncture treatments are used concurrent with treatment. A large well designed German study showed…Continue reading Fertility Acupuncture and IVF
Does High Stress Equal Infertility
Many of my patients already suspect that stress is a factor in their fertility and their ability to get pregnant. Now it looks like there is real evidence that this is indeed the case. British scientists have found evidence of this from the saliva samples of 400 fertile aged women. The samples measured alpha-amylase, an…Continue reading Does High Stress Equal Infertility